Enforcement

Crypto / Digital Assets

NYAG Files Lawsuit Against Crypto Platform KuCoin

By Editors | 09/03/2023

In a first by a US authority, the lawsuit claims that Ether is a security, meaning KuCoin was required to register as a securities broker or dealer.

Enforcement

ASIC Issues Stop Orders Against Interactive Brokers’ Securities Lending Product

By Editors | 09/03/2023

ASIC says Interactive Brokers inappropriately included investors in the target market that didn’t align with the features and risks of the product.

AML / KYC

RBI Fines Amazon Pay’s India Unit for Breaching Local Norms

By Editors | 09/03/2023

Local reports say Amazon Pay as well as other fintech players are being penalised for delays in migrating to video-based KYC.

Big Picture

BIS Paper Takes Stock of Individual Accountability Regimes

By Manesh Samtani | 08/03/2023

The paper introduces the concept of the “accountability stack”, which presents a broad range of regulatory instruments and supervisory tools that target individual accountability.

AML / KYC

US SEC Fines Rio Tinto Over Bribery Scheme Involving Guinea Mining Rights

By Manesh Samtani | 08/03/2023

Rio Tinto paid a former classmate of a Guinean government official for helping it secure mining rights. The consultant later attempted to pay $822,000 to the official.

Enforcement

ACCC Enforcement to Prioritise Misleading Environmental Claims

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 08/03/2023

The ACCC has established a new taskforce that will focus on sustainability and its intersection with competition and consumer law.

Enforcement

LME Facing Three New Lawsuits Over Cancelled Nickel Trades

By Editors | 08/03/2023

In one new lawsuit, AQR Capital Management and four other hedge funds are claiming almost $100mn in damages.

Crypto / Digital Assets

US Court Authorises Emergency Freeze on Crypto Hedge Fund Assets

By Editors | 08/03/2023

BKCoin and one of its co-founders commingled client money and used some make “Ponzi-like payments” to other investors.

Enforcement

SFC Bans Former Senior Manager of Citigroup Asia Unit for Misconduct

By Editors | 07/03/2023

Philip Shaw’s misconduct was “intentional, dishonest and contrary to a licensed person’s overarching duty to act in clients’ best interests,” the SFC said.